Lime (Citrus aurantifolia)

Thursday, April 21, 2011

Orange juice is to plant shrubs that produce fruit with the same name. This plant used the fruit, which typically round, green or yellow, has a diameter of 3-6 cm, and the taste sour orange plants generally like places that can get direct sunlight.

Lime (citrus aurantifolia), including one plant species have a clump of many branches and twigs. Woody trunk resilient and hard. Medium dark colored outer skin surface and dull. This plant is at the age of 2.5 years has begun to bear fruit. The flowers are small and white-colored small round-shaped fruit of colored ping-pong ball (outer skin), green or yellowish.
Lime contains elements that are useful chemical compounds. For example: limonene, linalin acetate, acetic geranil, fellandren and sitral. In addition, lime contains citric acid.

In 100 grams of lime contained: vitamin C is 27 milligrams, 40 milligrams calcium, phosphorus 22 mg, 12.4 grams carbohydrate, vitamin B 1 0.04 mg, - 0.6 milligrams of iron, 0.1 grams fat, calories 37 grams, 0.8 grams protein and 86 grams of water. Lime contains elements of chemical compounds such as limonene, linalin acetate, acetic geranil, fellandren, sitral and citric acid (IPTEK net).

Lime contains vitamin C is high, can be used to prevent and treat diseases caused by infection, accelerate wound healing time and reduce allergies. Lime juice to relieve symptoms of asthma, tonsillitis and sore throat. Lime is efficacious diuretic which is useful for patients with urinary tract infections. Lime juice can also be beneficial for patients with rheumatoid arthritis because of the substance contained in it can remove or clean the toxins and bacteria from the body. In addition, our skin will not look good when in a lot of stored toxins our body, by cleaning up toxins in our bodies will be seen then that the first effect is on our skin that will look bright and clean. When used as an external medicine, lime juice can also be used as a protective skin from the sun.

Lime can help relieve digestive disorders on a way to mix it with warm water, as for digestive disorders that can be overcome is nausea, heartburn and constipation caused by parasites.

Lime juice can be used to stop a bloody nose as for how to pour orange juice on cotton wool and then applied to the nostrils, stop bleeding gums and smooth the lips (but be careful when and where the objec lips chapped because it will feel sore). Lime is also useful as a fertilizer hair growth, shine dull hair and discolor blonde hair. As for how to squeeze the lime juice to taste, the water in the sweep to the hair and then dried in the sun for 1 hour and you just rinse with shampoo to clean then your hair will look shiny and looks healthier.